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Sunday, August 3, 2008

Three Days, Dan's First Album in nearly Ten Tears is recieving favourable reviews the World over. The Beat.FM based in San Diego has been featuring "Stain" since it's release in March and has included the Track in it's Top Ten for 2007.Fame Games, Said one reviewer; "Move over Steve Vai, Joe Satriain, This has so much power".Danny grew up in Canberra Aus, he first picked up a Guitar at the age of Eight. Self taught and After the basic musical education that Danny received at Secondary School he decided it was time to take his music to the stage. Immediately, there were favourable responses to Dan's music and ability to yield the AXE. Dan was invited to perform at the inaugural young composers festival, he was the youngest composer/performer at the event. The next step was to drop everything and move to where else but Hollywood. At the Musicians Institute danny soon earned a reputation of being one of the top players, along with such virtuosos as Rafael Moreira, Ernesto Homeyer and Justin Defreece. Danny found himself being truly inspired by his comrades which led to his style and approach evolving.After a three year tenure at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, Dan had arrived. Having studied under, played and recorded with the likes of Brett Garsed, Mike Stern, Scott Henderson, Gary Willis, Art Renshaw etc, Danny returned to aus where he has enjoyed periodic stints with some of Australia’s finest. In Sydney, Danny has played with Vanessa Amarossi, Simon Cox, Jerome Smith, Ian Jones to name a few.Danny has recorded with progressive power fusion outfits EGH Band, Blind, http://www.blogger.com/www.dannyjohn.org